A general rule for living and working with children
"If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying or doing anything to a child that you would not do to another adult, whose good opinion and affection you valued."
--John Holt
5 comments:
Sigh. So easy to read, so hard to remember. I yelled at my kid today for taking so long to do a simple task and now I feel like I great big failure.
I'll try harder.
Love this quote! That is the way I treated the children at the school where I worked.
Now I have to find out more about John Holt.
I actually don't quite agree with this general rule. Mostly because children don't have the same knowledge base an an adult. Sometimes you have to teach things in a different way to a child. Of course, I do agree with being gentle, kind, patient and loving to your children!
The longer I've been a mama, the less concerned I get with trying to change behavior and the more concerned I am with doing what I want them to imitate.
That is a great comment!!!!! And very true!
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